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53. Radio: This Cultural Life

Radio 4’s major new interview series invites cultural luminaries including Paul McCartney,
Kenneth Branagh and Tracey Emin to reflect on their lives and influences.

52. Opera: The Rhinegold

Conceived by director Graham Vick before his untimely death from Covid in July, this community-
based Wagner production from Birmingham Opera was a melancholy triumph. Read the full
review.

51. Television: Time

Five million viewers tuned in to watch Sean Bean and Stephen Graham give an acting masterclass
as inmate and warder in this brutal prison drama from Jimmy McGovern. Read the full review.

50. Film: The Power of the Dog

As a malevolent Montana cattle rancher, Benedict Cumberbatch gives the (unexpected)
performance of his career in Jane Campion’s masterful psychological western. Read the full
review.

49. Dance: Outwitting the Devil, Akram Khan

Embracing Western and Indian classical dance, and based on The Epic of Gilgamesh, this show
was a bit baffling. But for sheer beauty, it was hard to beat. Read the full review.

48. Theatre: Doctor Who: Time Fracture

In an unforgivingly tough year for theatre, this crazily ambitious immersive epic beneath the
streets of London was just what the Doctor ordered. Read the full review.

47. Classical: Thomas Adès

Any new piece by composer Thomas Adès is an event, but his Clarinet Quintet – which took his
style in a warmer, more human direction – was truly masterly. Read the full review.

46. Art: Tino Sehgal

Blenheim Art Foundation boldly commissioned Sehgal, a 2013 Turner nominee, to choreograph a
50-strong mob in mufti performing within the palace and its grounds. Read the full review.

45. Comedy: Bo Burnham: Inside

Filmed in lockdown, the ex-YouTuber’s Emmy-winning musical Netflix special transformed dead-
eyed existential despair into something we could all hum along to.